Freda Guttman Bain
Freda Claire Guttman Bain (born 1934) is a Canadian multidisciplinary artist and activist.
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Freda Guttman Bain
- Born
- 1934 · Montreal.
- Nationality
- Canada
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · photographer · artist
- Fields
- printmaking
- Education
- École des beaux-arts de Montréal
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Biography
Biography
Freda Guttman Bain studied at École des beaux-arts de Montréal. The field of work recorded is printmaking. Work by Freda Guttman Bain is recorded in the collections of National Gallery of Canada, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.
Guttman was born March 16, 1934, in Montreal, Quebec. She studied briefly at McGill University, where she met and dated Leonard Cohen. She would go on to illustrate Cohen's first book of poetry, Let Us Compare Mythologies. Guttman moved to Rhode Island, where she received a degree from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1956. She also studied at Concordia University and the Saidye Bronfman Centre. From 1972 to 1983, she taught at Concordia University in Montreal.
Work
Work
Guttman's work combines elements of politics, economics, sociology and ecology. Her work has been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe, Mexico and Nicaragua. Since the early 1980s, Guttman has been involved as an activist in a number of political causes.
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1976: Freda Guttman Bain, Galerie Powerhouse, Montréal • 1986: Guatemala! Le chemin de la guerre (multimedia works), Chambre Blanche • 1989: The Global Menu / Le Menu Global, A Space Gallery, Toronto • 1989: Cris et chuchotements, DAZIBAO, Montreal • 1990: The Global Menu / Le Menu Global, OBORO, Montreal • 1995: Cassandra: un opéra en quatre actes, OBORO, Montreal • 1998: Cassandra: un opéra en quatre actes, Galerie Sequence, Chicoutimi
Life and career
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Life and career
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1934
Freda Guttman Bain was born in 1934 at Montreal.
Collections
Guttman's work is included in the collections of: • the National Gallery of Canada, • the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec • the Agnes Etherington Art Centre • the Art Gallery of Guelph
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- 1.Ira B. Nadel. Various Positions: A Life of Leonard Cohen. Random House of Canada. 37–. 29 October 2010. 978-0-307-36702-0.
- 2.Brian Busby. Character Parts: Who's Really Who in CanLit. Knopf Canada. 333–. 5 November 2010. 978-0-307-36858-4.
- 3.Mike Evans. Leonard Cohen: An Illustrated Record. Plexus Publishing Limited. 21–. 3 December 2018. 978-0-85965-869-0.
- 4.Freda Guttman. Vithèque. 13 February 2017.
- 5.newspapers.com. Wallack showing Montreal artists. The Ottawa Journal. 30. 20 September 1976.
- 6.Concordia University. Concordia University Calendar 1979-1980. concordia.ca.
- 7.Centennial College. Cahiers de la Femme. 1990.
- 8.Freda Guttman : une histoire des femmes / Cassandra, an opera In four acts Installation OBORO 4001, rue Berri, local 301 Montréal Du mercredi au dimanche de midi à 17h. Vie des Arts. 39. 161. 58–59. 7 May 1995.
- 9.Guttman, Freda. Cassandra: voix intérieures : une exposition et trois essais = Cassandra : voices from the inside : an and three essays. OBORO. 7 May 1998. 51736531.
- 10.Artist - Vtape. www.vtape.org.
- 11.CBC.ca Daybreak Montreal CSIS making housecalls to activists.
- 12.Sabra Moore. Openings: A Memoir from the Women's Art Movement, New York City 1970-1992. New Village Press. 191–. 25 October 2016. 978-1-61332-042-6.
- 13.Delagrave, Marie. Freda Guttman allie esthétique et politique. Le Soleil. May 31, 1986.
- 14.Barbara Fischer. Foodculture: tasting identities and geographies in art. YYZ Books. January 1999. 978-0-920397-27-5.
- 15.Freda Guttman Bain. www.gallery.ca.
- 16.Guttman, Freda - Collections - MNBAQ. Collections - MNBAQ.
- 17.https://agnes.queensu.ca/search-our-collections/detail.php?t=objects&type=all&f=&s=guttman&record=0
- 18.Art Gallery of Guelph. Collection. collections.artgalleryofguelph.ca.
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